Operated by one of the UK’s leading business technology publishers, the SDC awards have been running for 14 years and are one of the most highly regarded in the IT industry.
Awards for 2023 have continued with SDC’s mission to recognise innovation, expertise, and success within the IT industry across the range of disciplines that form key building blocks for digital transformation. Infinidat received the following six accolades this year:
Winner
AI/Machine Learning Data Protection Innovation of the Year - InfiniSafe® Cyber Detection
Runner up
Storage Company of the Year
Vendor Channel Program of the Year - Infuziast Channel Program
Cloud Security Innovation of the Year - InfiniSafe®
Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) Innovation of the Year - InfuzeOS™ Cloud Edition
Backup/Archive Innovation of the Year - InfiniGuard® with InfiniSafe®.
Eric Herzog, CMO at Infinidat said, “We are always delighted to be recognized for excellence at the SDC Awards and are very proud to have been recognised again. Infinidat’s track record for performance, cyber resilience, and innovation is the result of incredible teamwork across all of Infinidat. We will continue to deliver outstanding storage solutions that enterprise users need to solve today’s business challenges.”
Phil Alsop, Editor of SDC Channel Insights and SDC Awards Coordinator at Angel Business Communications said, “Infinidat has developed a very strong track record of achievement at the SDC Awards and always attracts the judges’ attention, thanks to continued innovation and a very forward-thinking approach. We recognize business technology trailblazers and are delighted to see they have maintained their performance again in 2023.”
Stewart Legge, Vendor Development Director at CMS Distribution said, “Infinidat is always very successful with enterprise customers across the globe, and this is reflected as well in the industry awards Infinidat continues to garner year after year. Infinidat’s advanced technology and solutions deliver both powerful technical and business value to our mutual customers. Additionally, the company’s unique approach to customer service stands out for its excellence. Our strategic partnership with Infinidat to jointly address enterprises’ storage challenges is an integral part of our business model, and customer feedback demonstrates it is an outstanding decision.”
Infinidat was recognized as the Winner in the AI/Machine Learning Data Protection Innovation of the Year category for InfiniSafe Cyber Detection. It is one of the few storage vendors to offer cyber detection on primary storage utilising the power of AI. Designed to help enterprises resist and quickly recover from cyberattacks, InfiniSafe Cyber Detection provides highly intelligent deep scanning and indexing needed to identify potential issues. InfiniSafe Cyber Detection uses advanced machine-learning models that provide 99.5% confidence in detecting cyber threats.
Infinidat was awarded Runner Up in the Storage Company of the year category for consistently outstanding business performance. In the first half of 2023, Infinidat continued the powerful trajectory of strong growth and execution with 29% year-over-year growth in bookings. Building on a robust 2022, Infinidat also delivered top-line revenue growth and profitable, cashflow-positive operating results in the first half of 2023.
Infinidat was awarded Runner Up in the Vendor Channel Program of the Year category for its Infuziast Channel Program. It is designed with innovative new initiatives, extensions and updates to its channel partner program worldwide. Infinidat continues to invest heavily in providing support for partners.
Infinidat was awarded Runner Up in the Cloud Security Innovation of the Year category for InfiniSafe and the company’s advanced approach to cyber resilient storage. As cybersecurity continues to be one of the top concerns of CEOs and senior leadership teams, Infinidat has made it a priority to enhance its InfiniSafe cyber storage resilience solution portfolio with cyber detection. Infinidat is one of the very few storage vendors to offer cyber detection on primary storage. Infinidat equips enterprises with stronger cyber storage resilience capabilities to counter cyberattacks against their data infrastructure in the face of increasing cyber threats.
Infinidat was awarded Runner Up in the Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) Innovation of the Year category for InfuzeOS Cloud Edition. This technology powers Infinidat’s unique software-defined storage (SDS) architecture. It drives the performance, availability, cyber storage resilience, ease of use, and economic benefits of our storage platforms, InfiniBox®, InfiniBox™ SSA, and InfiniGuard. InfuzeOS’ SDS architecture delivers these powerful capabilities without dependence on proprietary hardware or components.
Infinidat was awarded Runner Up in the Backup/Archive Innovation of the Year category for InfiniGuard with InfiniSafe. This solution offers unmatched modern data protection, backup and lightning-fast recovery, at scale, for all of your data protection needs. It is enhanced by InfiniSafe cyber resilience and recovery technologies to ensure users are always ready in the event of a cyberattack, natural disaster or basic human error.
The 14th SDC Magazine Award winners were announced on November 30, 2023 at a gala dinner.